Tim_C

Slope is about 1 in 6 Appreciate everyone's comments. We're definitely striving for simplicity - doing more earthworks and building a beam&block platform to sit a TF on top definitely sounds appealing. We'll investigate!

Thanks for the Welcome! Potentially both Timberframe and ICF. The plot is sloping, so needs a lower ground floor which dug into the hilside and partially below ground level. Working assumption at the moment is a raft foundation, tanked ICF lower ground floor then timber frame 1st/2nd floor. Definitely would be interested to hear if anyone on the forum has experience of this, given it's less common.

Hi everyone - I'm Tim Newbie selfbuilder here, in the early stages of planning our self-build project in South Wales (But currently living in Bristol). Looking to build a family home to passive house principles, and avoid any Grand-designs style crises during the process! Excited to be part of this forum, which is a great source of info! I look forward to picking your collective brain more as we make our design choices and progress with the project.